Monthly Archives: November 2010

Need to Know: 2010-11-30

Need to Know: 2010-11-29

  • RT @Galrahn #wikileaks does fit the US legal definition of international terrorism as defined by United States Code: Title 18,2331 #
  • RT @petulantsage State has taken it seriously enough that they recalled people & want recs to DEPSECSTATE by 0800. So this may happen. #
  • RT @lvgaldieri @RepPeteKing wants to "declare #WikiLeaks a ‘foreign terrorist organization'" (http://t.co/UBxvqu4). #
  • RT @GregreeManson This wikileaks problem is why I use carrier pigeon instead of closed network communications #
  • RT @itsme_leclerc Spying, multilaterally | The Multilateralist http://t.co/ZYxEgAL #
  • RT @NeptunusLex Blog: All Changed, Changed Utterly: Portland is now willing to reconsider its previous unwillingness.. http://bit.ly/gDdWUx #
  • RT @PacificFleet [photos] from USS George Washington. Will update set as more photos become available #Koreas http://ow.ly/3gzHm #
  • RT @jstrevino If you advocate for Jonathan Pollard, that's an unfollow. Yeah, I'm a fan of Israel And a foe of traitors to the United States #
  • Thanks for all the RTs, mentions, & follows throughout this @wikileaks mess today. #
  • RT @DaveedGR Alleged warning of impending attack at Ansar Al-Mujahideen http://bit.ly/hhCzPy Seems to lack merit IMO. #
  • RT @abuaardvark Few Wikileaks details on Arab media, but all over Arabic blogs, Fb, forums … – big test of impact of Arabic social media #
  • RT @ArabScarab How the @Wikileaks stunt will hurt the cause of government transparency http://bit.ly/hfXvq9 #
  • @DaveedGR @chrisalbon @lrozen – #albongate now has what every gate needs to be complete…a coverup. #
  • @TJishsh a lot of intelligence could be injected into the system but that also requires workflow/process changes on the consumption side. #
  • @TJishsh interesting concept. Developing the ruleset for automation would be more difficult than appears but perhaps not impossible. #
  • RT @TJishsh #cablegate 1 cable is secret; 250,000 cables together – more than secret. Can new tech compartmentalize? http://bit.ly/gG2Lox #
  • RT @W7VOA Just did an enlightening phone interview with ex-USFK Cdr. & retired Army Chief of Staff Gen. Wickham. Details later Monday. #
  • RT @AmbJohnBolton Tune into America's Newsroom tomorrow at 9:10AM; I'll be discussing North Korea and WikiLeaks. #
  • RT @carneross #wikileaks everyone will play this down in public, but no one will trust US dips in quite the same way again, for a while #
  • RT @abuaardvark Wikileaks and the Arab public sphere, my first thoughts on the document release http://bit.ly/ho9Rph #
  • @chrisalbon one more tweet about your #cablegate photoshop and I'm tagging it #albongate #
  • RT @chrisalbon Why I Will Not Analyze The New Wikileaks Data: http://bit.ly/fc2YPy #
  • RT @petulantsage Iran uses medical shipments to Lebanon to deliver weapons to Hezbollah http://bit.ly/hVvaGd unicorn. narrative. destroyed. #
  • RT @tweetsintheME And now, it will be much r to share anything. Nice job. http://j.mp/eDHNl6 #
  • RT @AndrewChappelle Who'd have thought #Assange would be so helpful in making a compelling argument FOR the use of US military might. #
  • RT @DaveedGR Creation dates of Wikileaks cables support the idea that Manning is the source. Most recent cables are February 2010. #
  • @AndrewChappelle Not much wiggle room for Iran now is there? #
  • You'd think they'd be interested in history in the making but – RT @HistoryChannel NOW PLAYING >>>> Pawn Stars: Top Secret! #
  • Good one – RT @chrisalbon BREAKING: Wikileaks Publishes Secret State Department Cables FROM THIS MORNING: http://bit.ly/idq0x0 #
  • RT @UnlikelySaint Black-ops will go ten shades darker after today… #
  • Taking in the view from Baku.. #
  • RT @EliLake Wikileaks cables suggest actually that Israel was less bullish on bombing Iran than most Arab states. @cablegate #
  • RT @th3j35t3r http://www.wikileaks.org – TANGO DOWN – for attempting to endanger the lives of our troops, 'other assets' & foreign relations #
  • RT @AIPAC Long @nytimes article on #WikiLeaks Around the World, Distress Over #Iran http://nyti.ms/gTs5Na #
  • #cablegate trending in India, UK, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, France…but not D.C. #
  • RT @Starbuck_WOI What the f*ck? The US cares about Africa? http://nyti.ms/hEtgYt #wikileaks #
  • RT @SultanAlQassemi Arab govts won't know how to react – Wikileaks is exposing dual positions regarding Iran, Israel & other Arab states #
  • RT @tweetsintheME Somali-American terror suspect posted three articles on Samir Khan's website "Jihad Recollections" http://nyti.ms/grlq49 #
  • RT @SPIEGEL_English What the diplomatic cables reveal about US-German relations http://tinyurl.com/35uspqe #cablegate #
  • RT @chrisalbon Dept of State has crashed on the highway & whole internet is rubber-necking while justifying their voyeurism as anti-secrecy. #
  • RT @LizzieViolet Jerusalem Post: http://bit.ly/e2Bsvv Sarkozy 'naked emperor' #wikileaks #France #
  • RT @StripesBaron WH: "Wikileaks has put at risk not only the cause of human rights but also the lives and work of these individuals." #
  • RT @tweetsintheME An American diplo: "we will never again be able to practice diplomacy like before" http://www.lemonde.fr/tiny/1446078/ #
  • RT @FlashNewsUpdate Pentagon condemns WikiLeaks, boosts intel security | Reuters: http://reut.rs/gv8LM0 #
  • Wondering if @wikileaks supporters will acknowledge all the evidence that shows US/Allies working towards the common good. Of course not.. #
  • To @wikileaks / #cablegate supporters – RT @speechboy71 This is what you're defending: http://bit.ly/fo1mpu and http://bit.ly/flCZIA #
  • It's all about French Toast and Willie Nelson – @CamillaFuhr wikileaks is not even trending…. #
  • No kidding – RT @Galrahn Information anarchy in the information age. This should end well. #
  • RT @joshuafoust Meaning, if ..another attack, you should blame Wikileaks, not the intel community. Wikileaks have crippled it. Congrats., #
  • RT @joshuafoust Last line of the Guardian piece: IC analysts will lose access to data because of these leaks. http://is.gd/hV9at #
  • RT @DaveedGR sad to see commentators disclaim responsibility for consequences of their ideas. Many Wikileaks defenders are doing just that #
  • @wikileaks is a stake in the heart of government transparency. People can be amazingly short sighted. #
  • @ibnkafka Nice try but that wasn't a Nazi analogy at all. Fact is we are at war and these leaks benefit the enemy and undermine our security #
  • @ibnkafka If during WW2 a group exposed millions of secret allied comms they certainly wouldn't have been considered enemies of the axis. #
  • RT @petulantsage INSCOMs Directed Studies Office is not having a good day, …have been up for almost 48 hours now, wargaming this out #
  • If you support @wikileaks please don't complain about the gov/intel-community after the next terrorist attack. You worked to undermine them. #
  • There's no reason why we should let acts that undermine US/global security so dramatically happen so easily. DDoS should be just the start. #
  • DDoS of @wikileaks is prob. more out of spite than an attempt at preventing the release – that can't be prevented at is point unfortunately. #
  • RT @Starbuck_WOI this release might be the beginning of the end for Mr. Assange. Once you start implicating Russia, etc., you face trouble #
  • RT @petulantsage CYBERCOMs Combined Task Force 1004 has taken … "proactive measures" against Wikileaks. It's on like Donkey Kong. #
  • RT @wikileaks We are currently under a mass distributed denial of service attack. #
  • RT @intelwire WL says it's under a mass DDoS attack. #
  • RT @BreakingNews Fire breaks out at an Islamic center near Oregon State University, 2 days after bomb plot arrest – http://bit.ly/hx2nS8 #
  • RT @habibahamid The Sunday Times says UK officials fears 'Islamic fury' over @wikileaks because of anti-Islamic UK/US cables. #
  • RT @plutoniumpage RT @Starbuck_WOI: Small Wars Journal has the Wikileaks roundup. http://fb.me/CmPTJxbN #
  • RT @smallwars A Précis on the Logic of the Afghan War http://bit.ly/eqoCdv #
  • Your security is decreasing right now thanks to @wikileaks – countless ops cancelled & agents recalled, co-op avoided, sources destroyed #
  • RT @TJishsh #wikileaks is not whistleblowing, it is causing aggressive damage to global security at so many levels. http://bit.ly/fLUA9g #
  • RT @intelwire Mullen is on Fareed Zakaria. #
  • If your work is in any way connected to the @wikileaks release you should go back to bed. You won't be sleeping this evening. #
  • RT @glcarlstrom I'm basically going to spend the next six hours waiting for Julian Assange to ruin my Sunday evening. #wikileaks #

Need to Know: 2010-11-28

  • RT @PacificFleet George Washington Strike Group Begins Exercise with Republic of Korea http://ow.ly/3gmcF via @US7thFleet #Koreas #
  • All you "info should be free" @wikileaks supporters can demonstrate your ideological consistency by DMing me your bank account numbers. Thx #
  • @MelissaTweets In a few years CNN will be to news what MTV is to music videos. #
  • RT @DidiRemez Israeli media warning that new @wikileaks release could expose US HUMINT agents in Israel. #
  • RT @PostWorldNews WikiLeaks gets warning from State Department: Documents' release would have 'grave consequences' http://wapo.st/ef5Wqh #
  • RT @W7VOA #ROK gov't in text message orders all journalists to leave Yeonpyeong. #Koreas #
  • RT @bencnn #ushahid excellent resource for following the minutae of #Egypt election day. #
  • RT @reksadana Artillery Heard in North Korea; U.S. Carrier Enters Yellow Sea http://bit.ly/eBtABy #
  • My friend and climbing mentor @alan_arnette just posted an audio update from Antarctica http://bit.ly/h3Dd7w – wish I could be there. #
  • RT @UnlikelySaint Ppl making jokes re XMAS tree bomber. There are only so many incompetent terrorists. They need only get it right ONCE #
  • Oh, somebody is gonna get grounded – RT @YonhapNews Secretary of N. Korean ruling party to visit China http://bit.ly/eavHFl #
  • RT @DzirhanDefence A good article on social networking tools and whether it really contributes to freedom movements http://bit.ly/dUn386 #
  • RT @petulantsage State aide to me: Harold Koh, top aides to Secretary Clinton talking with Assange's lawyers. As of 2310 on the east coast. #
  • Chavez says Russia lends Venezuela $4 bln for arms – Reuters http://bit.ly/gqtKXK #
  • Balochistan issue can't be resolved at gunpoint: Nawaz – Daily Times http://bit.ly/h7BXow #
  • Secretary of State Clinton contacts countries ahead of WikiLeaks release – Seattle Times http://bit.ly/hjsk7v #
  • War Machines: Recruiting Robots for Combat – New York Times http://bit.ly/gSlPnZ #
  • Pioneer Courthouse Square bomb plot: a timeline – OregonLive.com http://bit.ly/hr7CUU #
  • Exercises in Korea Long-planned, Sharp Says http://bit.ly/92bEOn #
  • One eye on the news & another on my review copy of Christopher Fettweis' new book – http://amzn.to/f7Ndmo – it's all unicorns and rainbows. #
  • The Democratic Underground thread on the Portland Oregon bomber. Predictably jaw-dropping – http://bit.ly/hHfMVN #
  • On CNN – @CarltonPurvis They were the only ones who didn't have the artillery exchange on their front page online #
  • Hey CNN broadcast is actually breaking in with Korea news. It's like they're trying to stay relevant or something. #
  • A backfiring truck could trigger a war with this tension. Koreas need to light a candle, put on an Enya CD…relax for god's sake. #
  • Definitely brewing coffee – RT @YonhapNews (URGENT) S. Korea's military spots signs of N. Korean artillery firing: official #
  • Exceedingly dangerous territory here RT @YonhapNews Explosion sounds of artillery fire heard on Yeonpyeong Island, S. Korean official says #
  • Hope I'm not wrong about new exchanges RT @W7VOA Yonhap quoting #ROK military says "signs" of fresh shelling detected on Yeonpyeong. #Koreas #
  • This would be a horrible horrible time to take the Jet Ski for a drunken spin in the Yellow Sea – just sayin' #
  • @themba I'm sure Julian Assange is being burnt in effigy at several parties near you this eve. #
  • Funny how we're putting on a show w/ exercises while bending over backwards to let NK/China know they're not a threat – no live fire, etc. #
  • @HerbCarmen Enjoy the popcorn. @petulantsage is bringing peanut butter & jelly. I'll stick with coffee. #
  • I don't expect an exchange of fire in the Koreas despite the tension. Will be really interesting to see what's in store if it happens though #
  • RT @dantes76 @BlogsofWar (URGENT) Emergency evacuation order issued for civilians on Yeonpyeong Island, official says (more to follow) #
  • @W7VOA Reporter Jason Strother says he is in bunker on Yeonpyeong but no one told why. #Koreas #
  • RT @REUTERSFLASH N.Korea places surface-to-surface missiles on launch pads in Yellow Sea – YONHAP #
  • But USA leads the way http://vimeo.com/5301379 – RT @blakehounshell 56 countries currently developing robot weapons http://nyti.ms/ibmtAJ #
  • RT @RogueAdventurer The N.R. Jenzen-Jones Daily is out! http://bit.ly/al0hI0 #
  • @meekwire nice thought but once the info is loose in digital form going after @wikileaks won't stop distribution. Should anyway though. #
  • Trust & security have to exist for agencies to coop on sensitive data. @wikileaks is destroying that. #
  • Naive @wikileaks supporters are the same ppl who will be complaining about lack of coop in the intel community after an attack. #
  • RT @Korea_Watch N. Korea's undercover journalists reveal misery of life – graffiti wanting reform. Telegraph http://bit.ly/fNcLuf #
  • http://bit.ly/bnyc7W – RT @Loopytactics @BlogsofWar @lsanger @wikileaks Irresponsible to who? #
  • RT @lsanger @wikileaks What you've been doing … is breathtakingly irresponsible & can't be excused with pieties of free speech & openness #
  • RT @meekwire RT @lsanger: @wikileaks Speaking as Wikipedia's co-founder I consider you enemies of the US–not just the gov, but the people. #
  • @G8tekeeper how about the fact that he was targeting an outpost of the left b/c they would least expect it. They still don't get it. #
  • RT @AircrewBuzz Sun Way Airlines Ilyushin IL-76 freighter crash at Karachi (with news video) http://ow.ly/3giJE #Aviation #
  • RT @felix85 Cargo plane crash in Karachi has caused a gas pipeline to rupture and explode #
  • RT @manipro was HUGE HUGE like a fire BALLOON & den it went down in 6 seconds – then the sky turned red..am still firghtened.can not sleep #
  • RT @manipro was at stadium having tea w/ friends #karachi & i saw the plane it was on fire & i have never seen such big fire in my life #
  • Multiple eyewitness accounts of engine fire before crash. Still… – RT @DaveedGR Regardless of truth, I bet AQ claims credit #
  • RT @drawab Russian Plane crashes 1 minute after takeoff – eye witness on #GEO saying right engine was on fire before crash #karachi #
  • RT @SheerazRaza The plane went above my chacha's car it was already in fire before crashing #Karachi #
  • RT @nc229 The fire at the crash site is massive. Hope they put it out soon. #karachi #Pakistan #
  • RT @TaimurAsad A plane just crashed in the housing scheme I live. #
  • RT @desmukh Plane crash near Dalmiya, #Karachi RT @Rezhasan: Geo News says Il-76 transport aircraft with eight-member crew has crashed #
  • RT @arafattehsin At plane crash site. Everything is in chaos. #Karachi #
  • RT @Owais_Iqbal Cargo plane crash … Dalmia road near Karsaz … #karachi #
  • RT @NaureenA Plane crash near Dalmiya #Karachi The windows to my room shook, can hear sirens! #
  • RT @fawwaxs Plane crash near my home… watching from my roof… tying to capture video #
  • RT @davidleigh3 The truth about the #wikileaks cables is going to come out in the #guardian soon #
  • RT @AJEnglish UK towns 'bigger threat to Muslims': – http://aje.me/dUKYlx #
  • RT @VOA_Seoul US-ROK maritime military maneuvers getting underway in Yellow Sea: http://fb.me/MV2DEOpt #
  • @alexashrugged worst pickup line ever… #
  • @noonanjo CAOR position – "This otter will rain fire on your people as long as you continue to let beavers build settlements." #
  • DHS Seizes 75+ Domain Names http://bit.ly/dSvM95 #
  • Where Angels, and Police, Fear to Tread http://bit.ly/eelTyr #
  • @noonanjo As spokesman for CAOR – Council on American-Otter Relations I protest your characterization of an Otter w/ legitimate grievances. #
  • RT @shadihamid I will be live-tweeting #Egypt #039;s elections tomorrow from Cairo. Follow me over the course of the day for updates. #
  • @Winterpool Called to duty I would imagine. Don't think this points to war however. #
  • RT @DMogahed Launching huge report on Muslim-west relations tomorrow. #
  • How long before folks in Oregon turn on the FBI & call this a gov. manufactured plot? #
  • Please save us from the fools who believe @wikileaks is democracy in action. They are a threat to true democracy & hopes of transparency. #
  • See http://nyr.kr/e7drPl – @DaveedGR Dear world: a few tweets on an issue is not the same as "doing something" about it. #
  • RT @Jerusalem_Post Iran arrests would-be hijacker on Syria-bound plane http://bit.ly/hUcCr3 #
  • On Wikileaks – RT @petulantsage Email blast gives breakdown of damage: some of the cables are from FY2010. Roughly 16,000 are SECRET. #
  • Modified radar gun identifies suicide bombers up to ten meters away http://engt.co/huk6mU #
  • Most in military OK lifting 'don't ask': poll – Chicago Sun-Times http://bit.ly/hGvVGT #
  • 45 Percent Of South Koreans Support Military Escalation – The Business Insider http://bit.ly/hxXGu2 #
  • Conrad Black: Canada's ongoing military identity crisis – National Post (blog) http://bit.ly/eMBDVe #
  • Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leader targeted in Afghan north http://bit.ly/hiLO1x #
  • North Korea Readying for War? http://bit.ly/dUUCoB #
  • RT @Diplomat_APAC Does a recent trip by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of Iran reveal something about his health? http://ow.ly/3fFRg #
  • RT @fahimn #Iran says first #nuclear plant begins operating http://is.gd/hRPtM #IranElection #
  • RT @dailyexception must be v expensive for #Pakistan to both fund the #Taliban & wage a war to capture them. Oh wait, they're using our $ #
  • News panelists used to have to be informative, then just entertaining, but now sheer obnoxiousness is sufficient. #
  • RT @EditorsCI I buy "right to information". But "sacred right to information" is a bit purple, really http://bit.ly/fAkUnd #Assange #
  • RT @blakehounshell weird to see Bill Gates writing book reviews, but Matt Ridley gets the drubbing he deserves http://on.wsj.com/eD1i1i #
  • RT @islamwest Fmr Ambassador John Bolton discusses @wikileaks upcoming release http://bbc.in/i3Vyxh #wikileaks #
  • My climbing mentor/friend @alan_arnette flies to Antarctica today to climb the 7 summits & raise $ for Alzheimers Fund http://bit.ly/gJwvsd #
  • @chrisalbon "Sir, I'm afraid that our troops just got served." #
  • RT @Max_Fisher In 2009, Libya initiated a nuclear stand-off with the US and Russia. It lasted 32 days. Here's the story http://j.mp/ecfY3Y #
  • RT @chrisalbon RT @Max_Fisher: Have a very big story going live in about half an hour. Stay tuned to http://bit.ly/i1LoK2 #
  • RT @azelin I have. The OBL book might be the book he should have written from the start. We'll see. #
  • @azelin I suffered through Marching Toward Hell..it read like some random college dropout's anarchy blog. #
  • RT @azelin Michael Scheuer is coming out with a new book in February about Bin Laden http://amzn.to/ib0I44 #
  • RT @petulantsage queue experts flocking to MSNBC to tell us AQ in the Horn isn't a threat, b/c some dude in Pakistan reached out to him. #
  • RT @VladDuthiersCNN On the front lines, toiling in the shadows, unsung, quietly going about their business to http://tl.gd/76epvj #

Need to Know: 2010-11-27